Directed by Wei Hai FengMy rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, BCI/Rarescope)
Teenager Jackie Chan works in his uncle's restaurant by day and trains under a kung-fu master in his spare time. Some local thugs try to muscle their way into the restaurant as well as the waterfront trade. Chan fights with them, but is chastised by his master who punishes him for using martial arts to fight. When the thugs refuse to go away, Chan must decide if it is worth it to go against the wishes of his teacher. Chan's fighting style is a little flamboyant: high kicks, flips, etc that tend to waste energy, but an interesting look at his formative years. The Rarescope version appears to be the original, as there are no flashbacks or "replacement actors" that are mentioned in reviews of "Master with Cracked Fingers". It is not dubbed, but the subtitle situation is a mess: sometimes we are left to read the barely legible burned ones, but occasionally BCI adds much better ones. It's widescreen, of course, but a washed out, battered and fuzzy print that looks like it played in a grindhouse 3 times a day for 10 years.
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